Ivan Martinez

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Fernando de la Mora U18
24 Apr 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Ivan Martinez

80 Edition

The Fernando de la Mora Courier

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Fernando de la Mora's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Fernando de la Mora has to find a result from somewhere.

Transfer targets

Bruno Díaz turns down Fernando de la Mora

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Guarani keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad

A falling-out at Fernando de la Mora

Jorge Núñez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Fernando de la Mora

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Transfer targets

Fernando de la Mora rebuffed over Víctor Céspedes

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Guarani have kept their man, and Fernando de la Mora go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

One of our own: Oscar Almiron joins the Fernando de la Mora first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oscar Almiron is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Ivan Martinez joins the Fernando de la Mora first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Martinez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Juan Cardozo steps up from the Fernando de la Mora academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan Cardozo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Fernando de la Mora promote Jose Gomez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jose Gomez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief